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This whole thread puts the image of Somalia being like something out of Mad Max... I've never been there, but I bet it's not like that at all.
by balabaster 11y ago
This whole thread puts the image of Somalia being like something out of Mad Max... I've never been there, but I bet it's not like that at all.
- pluma 11y agoSomalia being a post-apocalyptic wasteland qualifies as a mesofact[0], I guess. Whether it actually ever was quite that bad I don't even know. I think the idea is mostly fed via movie tropes. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173845
- fwn 11y agoIn my argument I used Somalia as a metaphor to transport an idea of a certain type of hostile enviroment. I don't see how - in this context - a debate on somalias current affairs can be seen as something other than derailing.